this exercise will help the actor tune his muscle memory, marrying it to the mental/ physical space that he is in right now.its a group exercise and ideally done in numbers upwards of 8.
decide if you want actors to imagine the space/mental space.
for a mental space , you ask them to start walking, ask them to walk faster breaking any mental patterns they are making during the activity, ask them to cris-cross. ask them to imagine a crouded space yet a private one (railway station, airport/ football stadium, any public space),
change that to a public yet community space such as college campus where people will identify and greet each other.keep changing the space from most intimate to public, from authoritative to relaxing, from sanitized to chaotic and ask people to get sensitive about how the space is dictating their behavior.
you can repeat this exercise in groups of two where one person is blindfolded while the other person guides him. its interesting to see how the small group dynamics work out within the constrains of space when the faith and responsibility become the obvious roles in a given situation
for the physican space excercise its good to get blindfolded and feel the space in terms of textures, sounds , people. and then start claiming your own by motion, jumping, dancing, being fearless.
change motion with claps you can bring pauses such as sit, stand jump which sync up with clap frequency ( one/ two/ three).
taking feedback from actors as the session ends
interesting info
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